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According to Neff, a company whose total return ratio was 50% greater than that of the overall market stood a good chance of beating that same market, by offering a better value, a higher yield -- or both!

Today, the market has a total return ratio of roughly 0.95. (I used a Shiller P/E of 20.1, a yield of 2%, and two-year estimated earnings growth of 17.2%.) Thus, stocks with total return ratios greater than 1.43 could have market-beating potential.

Using Neff's criteria, the table below clearly shows that Intel offers more opportunity than its competition:

The Foolish bottom lineNeff's total return ratio combines value and income, letting you profit from multiple expansion while collecting big, bad dividend payments along the way. And as Neff showed, value and income can collectively deliver market-beating returns. Neff's total return ratio may just be a starting point. But with a total return ratio of 2.89, Intel certainly looks like a cheap stock with a dividend kicker.